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2023 Veterans’ Week learning materials

2023 Veterans’ Week learning materials - Our Veterans’ Week learning materials have been revised for 2023 and are now available for order. Get your free class packs of the Take Time to Remember activity booklet (ages 5-7), Tales of Animals in War newspaper (ages 5-11) or the Canada Remembers Times newspaper (ages 12-18). Our popular cards, bookmarks and posters are also back, along with our on-line Veterans’ Week teacher’s guide. These resources are available in both print and digital formats. Explore them today!

2023 Veterans’ Week learning materials

Canada Remembers Online Ordering

Classroom materials

Partners' educational resources

VAC - Dogtags for Peacekeepers

OP Remembrance - Dr Paul Kavanagh

Seven Videos made for PK75 by schools in 2023 about peacekeeping.

OP Remembrance - Dr Paul Kavanagh

VAC Podcasts

Remembrance Moments - Peacekeepers

We were Peacekeepers

The Faces of Peace – Canadian peacekeepers

Help us name our special new sheep character

Every year, a herd of up to 500 sheep keep the grass short on the preserved battlefields at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France. Next year, one of our Vimy sheep will join the Remembrance Club animal characters to tell students across Canada about memorials in our communities and around the world. But our new sheep needs a name—and we need YOUR help! Visit our website with your students to learn about our new wooly friend. Read and hear our list of name choices in English, French and indigenous languages. Then, take a vote in your classroom and email the results to us at education@veterans.gc.ca!

Help us name our special new sheep character

DND National Veterans’ Week Speakers Program

The Department of National Defence’s National Veterans’ Week Speakers Program offers several options to help educators planning Remembrance ceremonies. If you would like to include a Canadian Armed Forces speaker video or invite a CAF speaker for an in-person or virtual presentation, submit a request through their website.

DND National Veterans’ Week Speakers Program

Visit the Video Gallery

Peacekeeping 75

2023 is the 75th anniversary of the first United Nations peacekeeping mission. More than 125,000 Canadian Armed Forces members have taken part in dozens of these operations around the world. Check out our online historical information and learning resources on this important chapter in Canadian military history.

Peacekeeping 75

Canadian Forces Image Gallery

Canadian Peacekeeping in Mali (154 images), and other Canadian Armed Forces Operations.

Canadian Forces Image Gallery

National War Museum

Izzy Dolls.

National War Museum

The Isfeld Legacy

Gain an understanding of the importance of Canadian Armed Forces humanitarian work through learning from the example set by the Isfeld family.

The Isfeld Legacy

Toys, Izzy dolls replace empty bottles

Hugs Await Izzy Dolls in Afghanistan (PDF)

Lesson Plan: Hugs Await Izzy Dolls In Afghanistan

Service in Canada

Our service members have always performed many important duties here at home. This year marks the 25th anniversaries of the 1998 Ice Storm and the crash of Swissair Flight 111 – events that saw the Canadian Armed Forces quickly step up to help in the aftermath of disasters. Learn more about our military’s domestic efforts on our website.

Service in Canada